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Most of the scholarship on queer and trans migrants focuses on the refugee experience post-migration to Canada. In contrast, this article draws from a doctoral study that included participant interviews and policy/media textual analysis to map out the historical, geopolitical, social, and economic dimensions that shape homophobic and transphobic violence across the globe, as well as queer and trans migrations from the Global South to Canada. These realities are analyzed through the lens of coloniality and on the scale of empire to historicize how queer and trans migrant lives are shaped by forgotten histories of colonial violence. This study suggests that the hyper-visibility of Canada’s “generous” treatment of queer and trans refugees obscures how its bor-der regime blocks people from the Global South from entry.

This article analyses the semantics of εἴδωλον, εἰκών, and ὁμοίωμα in the LXX in light of Greek literary and documentary evidence. By addressing the issue of the relationship between the vocabulary of images and the vocabulary of idols, (1) it deconstructs some oppositions inherited from early Christian interpretations of biblical passages (especially regarding Genesis 1). Moreover (2) it shows the interest of including evidence from the LXX in a broader discussion on the role of visual representation in antiquity.

Keywords: Septuagint, Greek, Images, Idols, Cult

A sea voyage in the early modern period came with many inherent risks and often considerable unpleasantness for travellers ranging from storms and shipwreck to seasickness. But not all those who voyaged across water were in the same boat, as it were. Women and young boys faced additional dangers of unwanted sexual attention or rape from predators on their ships or those they encountered, such as pirates or enemy warships. This article examines the experiences and vulnerability of women and young boys as they dealt with the threat of sexual assault when they journeyed by sea.

Keywords: Violence sexuelle, Sexual Violence, Royal Navy, Marine royale, Pirates, Pirates, Sea, Mer, Navires, Ships

A member of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women (CACSW) gives her account of events comprising the crisis of 1980-81. As an activist from outside Ontario, Berenice Sisler presents a different view than that of lawyers and the central Canadian women’s movement. Sisler indicated that this account was written in 1997. She referred to Edward Greenspon and Anthony Wilson-Smith (1996) as having provoked it, and wrote in ink at the bottom of the last page “February, 1997.”

Keywords: Canadian politics, women's movement, Liberal Party

This article analyzes overlooked evidence concerning the conscription of boys by early modern English choirs and theatre companies, arguing that legal and cultural representations depicted these abductions as benevolent while violating consent. It further speculates that points of contact between the theatrical economy and the Virginia Company may have prompted authorities to use a parallel mode of impressment to take Powhatan children to populate Henrico College. I argue that the practices of coercion and abduction on the English stage can provide a useful framework for understanding the rhetoric of benign subservience that the English authorities cultivated in an Atlantic context.

Keywords: Boy actors, all boy theatre companies, kidnapping/impressment, letters patent, Virginia Company, Knight of the Burning Pestle, Henrico College, early American colonization and education, race and cultivation, consent, all-boy choirs

Homelessness and inadequate housing affect approximately 1.6 billion people worldwide. Despite making up a fraction of the population, people experiencing homelessness (PEH) have higher rates of physical and mental health complications compared to the rest of the population with increased barriers to accessing necessary health care services. Therefore, this comparative policy analysis explores healthcare access for PEH and how this differs in low-, middle-, and high-income countries using the representative countries of Rwanda, Colombia, and Canada respectively. Comparisons and contrasts were made by analyzing the homelessness situation and the healthcare access barriers for PEH in each of these nations. Analysis was conducted using a combination of scientific and grey literature to understand each country’s experiences and the Voluntary National Review (VNR) reports to understand governmental perspectives. Through analysis, it became evident that the challenges PEH face regarding healthcare access are similar across countries. However, legal regulations and attitudes by the public and governmental bodies influence specific situational treatments and what is being done to combat these barriers, creating differences in PEH’s experiences.

Keywords: homelessness, healthcare access, social determinants of health, policy analysis